Crisis responds to Labour manifesto pledge to restore housing benefit to cover the cost of rent

Today, the Labour Party launched its manifesto for the General Election which included plans to restore housing benefit to the 30th percentile of market rents, as well as scaling up council house building over the next parliament.

Jon Sparkes, chief executive of Crisis, said: “We’re delighted to see the Labour manifesto includes the pledge to restore housing benefit to cover the true cost of rents. This will prevent thousands of families from losing their homes and being pushed to the brink of homelessness.

“Alongside the commitments to invest in social housing and homelessness services, this is a fundamental move towards ending all forms of homelessness. Everyone should have a safe and stable home. We now need to see all other parties follow suit and make the same commitment towards ending homelessness for good.”

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